( ) 31. Mrs Young worried about that her husband __________.
A. would lose his job B. couldn’t do his work hard
C. couldn’t have a holiday D. would be in poor health
答案:D
( ) 32. She wanted __________.
A. to work instead of her husband B. to get her husband to take a holiday
C. to get her husband to take a rest D. to get her husband back home
答案:B 选项B、C中，take a holiday 与 take a rest 在意思上还是有区别的;前者意为度假，后者意为休息，而且选项B在意思上更忠实于原文。
( ) 33. Before they left Mrs Young herself __________.
A. wrote a letter to her husband’s office B. sent a message to her husband’s boss
C. had a talk with her husband’s boss D. telephone her husband’s boss
答案:C
( ) 34. Mrs Young asked the boss __________.
A. not to do anything to trouble them B. not to write to her husband
C. not to telephone her husband D. to have a holiday with them
答案:A
( ) 35. The letter meant __________ for Mr Young.
A. something interesting B. something important
C. something serious D. nothing else
答案:C 从文中我们可以判断这封信是告知 Mr Young被解雇一事，所以说这对于 Mr Young 来说是很严重的一件事。
B
Tom was a poor boy. He made a living by cleaning shoes for others in the street. Tom was also a clever boy. One day a very rich man, Mr Miser, came to Tom. He watched his dirty shoes for a moment, and then looked at Tom. Tom knew this kind of people well. they love moneyvery much and don’t want to spend it.
Tom said,“Let me clean your shoes, sir.”
“For nothing?”the rich man asked.
“Only two pence, sir.”
Mr Miser shook his head and then walked away.
Tom thought for a second and then called out,“I’d like to clean it for nothing !”This time Mr Miser agreed. And soon one of his shoes was shining brightly.
When the rich man put his other shoe down,Tom said he wouldn’t clean it for him unless he was paid two pence for his work. Mr Miser was very angry. He refused to pay anything and went away, with a smile on his face.
But his well-cleaned shoe was so bright that it made the other look worse. Mr Miser took a look around. The people in the street were laughing at him. He couldn’t walk any farther.
Then the rich man had to return and give Tom two pence. In a very short time his two shoes shone brightly.
( ) 36. This story happened __________.
A. in a shoe shop B. in the street
C. in the rich man’s house D. near the boy’s home
答案:B
( ) 37. The boy ag’reed to clean one shoe for nothing because __________.
A. he was afraid of the rich man B. he liked to clean shoes for rich men
C. he wanted to please the rich man D. he was sure to get the money from the rich man
答案:D 从文中我们可知 Tom 是经过一番考虑后才答应给 Mr Miser 擦皮鞋的，这充分说明他已经有把握向 Mr Miser 索取自己的酬劳。
( ) 38. When the rich man saw the poor boy,he __________.
A. didn’t want to have his shoes cleaned
B. wanted to give the boy some money
C. wanted to have his shoes cleaned without paying for it
D. wanted to have his shoes cleaned with less money
答案:C
( ) 39. The rich man __________ with only one shoe cleaned first.
A. was angry B. was worried C. was sorry D. didn’t mind
答案:D Mr Miser 擦完第一只鞋时是脸上带着微笑离开的，这说明他开始时并不介意只擦了一只鞋。
( ) 40. From this story we know that __________.
A. the rich man didn’t have enough money on him
B. the boy was clever enough to have his work paid
C. the rich man had his shoes cleaned for nothing
D. the rich man saved two pence
答案:B
C
John was a farmer. He liked to grow flowers in his garden when he was free. One Sunday morning after breakfast he put on his old clothes and began digging in his garden at eight. He dug and dug. Half an hour later he suddenly found a coin near his foot. He was very glad. He put it in his right pocket. A few minutes later,he found another one. He picked it up and put it in the same pocket. The same thing happened for the third, the fourth and the fifth time... He was very glad and told his wife about it. She was very glad, too. She said,“A thief took away a lot of coins from a shop a few days ago. The polic caught him but they didn’t find any coins.” Then John went on digging some more coins, but just when he began to dig, he felt something cold in his trousers. It ran down one of his legs. He put his hand down quickly—and the coin came into his hand. Now he knew there was a hole in his pocket.
( ) 41. There was some __________ in John’s garden.
A. flowers B. coins C. trees D. farmers
答案:A
( ) 42. John found a coin in his garden __________.
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